Lakeshore Records has announced a score soundtrack release for the animated film Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil. The album includes the original score by Murray Gold (Doctor Who, Torchwood) and will be released digitally on April 26, 2011 and on CD on May 17. To pre-order the soundtrack, visit Amazon. Hoodwinked Too is directed by Mike Disa and features the voice talent of Glenn Close, Cheech and Chong, Hayden Panetierre, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Martin Short, Brad Garrett and Joan Cusack. The movie is the sequel to the 2005 animated hit film Hoodwinked and will be released on April 29 by the Weinstein Company. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: April 13, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hood Vs. Evil, Hoodwinked Too, Murray Gold, score, Soundtrack
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Cliff Martinez Scoring ‘Drive’
Posted: April 13, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Cliff Martinez, Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn, Talk Show, Xavier Giannoli
Cliff Martinez has signed on to score the upcoming action thriller Drive. The film based on James Sallis’ crime novel of the same name and adapted for the screen by Hossein Amini (the Wings of the Dove, The Four Feathers) revolves around a Hollywood stunt drive who moonlights as a getaway driver in L.A.’s criminal underworld. He finds himself a target after agreeing to aid the ex-con boyfriend of his beautiful neighbor in a job that goes dangerously awry. The movie stars Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman and Oscar Isaacs. Drive is directed by Nicolas Winding Refn who is best known for directing the Pusher trilogy and 2008’s action biopic Bronson. FilmDistrict is planning to release the film on September 16, 2011. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Monte Carlo’ Soundtrack Album Coming
Posted: April 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer Interviews, Film Music AlbumsTags: Michael Giacchino, Monte Carlo, score, Soundtrack
UPDATE (June 1, 2011): The soundtrack is now available to pre-order on Amazon.
The first trailer of the upcoming teen comedy Monte Carlo recently surfaced online. A closer look to the trailer’s credits reveals that a soundtrack album for the film will be released by Varese Sarabande Records. Given the label’s relationship with composer Michael Giacchino, we expect the album to feature the original score from the movie. Monte Carlo tells the story of a girl and her best friend who travel to Paris with one girl’s future stepsister, where one of the girls is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress, which leads the girls to find themselves going on a dream vacation to Monte Carlo. The movie stars Leighton Meester, Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Andie MacDowell. The film reunites Giacchino with director Tom Bezucha who previosuly worked with the composer on the holiday drama The Family Stone. Read the rest of this entry »
Rolfe Kent Scoring ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’
Posted: April 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Mark Waters, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Rolfe Kent
Rolfe Kent is currently scoring the upcoming family comedy Mr. Popper’s Penguins. The movie is an adaptation of the beloved 1938 children’s book and stars Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Madeline Carroll and Angela Lansbury. The film centers on a New York business man who suddenly inherits six penguins and must find out that taking care of the animals is no easy matter as he quickly hits major hurtles, both at home and at work. Mr. Popper’s Penguins is directed by Mark Waters who has collaborated with Kent on most of his theatrical features (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Just Like Heaven, Mean Girls, Freaky Friday and The House of Yes), while his last movie The Spiderwick Chronicles featured a score by James Horner. 20th Century Fox has set a June 17, 2011 release date for the movie. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Fast Five’ Score Album Details
Posted: April 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Brian Tyler, Fast Five, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande Records has announced the details of the score soundtrack release of the action sequel Fast Five. The album features around 75 minutes of Brian Tyler’s original score from the film and will be released on May 3, 2011. To pre-order the album, visit Amazon. As previously reported, a separate soundtrack with songs from the movie and three score cues by Tyler will be released on the same day by ABKCO Records. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Camelot’ Soundtrack announced
Posted: April 12, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Camelot, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna, score, Soundtrack
Varese Sarabande Records has announced a soundtrack album for the Starz series Camelot. The album includes the original score from the show’s first season composed by Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna. The soundtrack will be released on May 3, 2011 and can be pre-ordered on Amazon. Also check the audio clips below. Camelot starring Jamie Campbell Bower, Joseph Fiennes, Eva Green, Tamsin Eggerton and Claire Forlani airs every Friday on Starz. Read the rest of this entry »
John Swihart to Score ‘Nailed’
Posted: April 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David O. Russell, Flypaper, John Swihart, Lucky, Nailed
Film Music Reporter has learned that composer John Swihart has been hired to score the satirical comedy Nailed. David O. Russell (The Fighter, Three Kings) directed the film back in 2008, but he left the production before it was completed. According to various reports, the backers are now shopping the movie to distributors and a test screening was recently held in California, indicating that the project is finally nearing completion. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Biel, James Marsden, Catherine Keener, Kirstie Alley, Paul Reubens, James Brolin, Tracey Morgan and Jon Stewart. Nailed centers on a small-town waitress who is shot in the head by a nail gun and later goes to Washington to fight for better health care, where she meets a clueless congressman. No distribution deal has been announced and it is unknown at this point when the film will be released. Read the rest of this entry »
‘Who Are the Roma?’ (Music by Hans Zimmer)
Posted: April 11, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Aleksey Igudesman, Hans Zimmer, Who Are the Roma?
Hans Zimmer has written the music for the public awareness short film Who Are the Roma?. The film was produced by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in honor of the 40th anniversary of International Roma Day and to celebrate the culture and achievements of the Roma people, commonly called “gypsies”. Zimmer’s music features Aleksey Igudesman on solo violin. Igudesman previously performed on Zimmer’s score for Sherlock Holmes and he is also co-scoring the upcoming documentary Jealous of the Birds with Zimmer. Watch the short film after the jump and click here to listen to the short’s music. Read the rest of this entry »
Klaus Badelt Scoring ‘Jock’
Posted: April 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: 3D, Alan Menken, Bryan Adams, Jock, Jock on the Bushveld, Klaus Badelt, Tim Rice
Klaus Badelt is scoring the upcoming 3D animated film Jock. The film based on Sir Percy Fitzpatrick’s classic book Jock on the Bushveld is directed by Duncan MacNeillie and marks South Africa’s first 3D animated feature film. While Badelt is writing the orchestral score for the film, the movie also includes original songs by Bryan Adams, Alan Menken and Johnny Clogg among other songwriters. Tim Rice (The Lion King, Aladdin) is the principal lyricist of the songs. Bryan Adams is also voicing the film’s central character of the fearless dog Jock who helps his master survive the wild challenges of the 1880s gold rush in the northeast of what would become South Africa. Donald Sutherland has signed on to narrate the film. Read the rest of this entry »
David Torn’s Upcoming Projects
Posted: April 10, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: David Torn, Dennis Lee, Everything Must Go, Jesus Henry Christ, Simon Taufique
David Torn has recently finished writing the music for the upcoming comedy Jesus Henry Christ alongside co-composer Simon Taufique. The movie starring Michael Sheen and Toni Collette follows a genius boy conceived in a Petri dish and raised by a loving, left-wing feminist. His world is turned upside down when he discovers he has a half sister, leading a trail to his biological father. The film is written and directed by Dennis Lee who made his feature directing debut on 2008’s Fireflies in the Garden, which featured a score by Javier Navarrete. Julia Roberts is producing through her production company Red Om Films. Jesus Henry Christ is set to premiere at this month’s Tribeca Film Festival. Read the rest of this entry »
